Rail-tie.



No. 721,219. r PATBNTED 'FBB. 24,1903;

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RAIL TIE. v APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1901. RENEWED SEPT. s, 1902.

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WILLIAM T. MCBRIDE, OF FRANKFORT, INDIANA.

RAIL-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 72 dated February 1903'Application filed August 27,1901. Renewed September 3,1902. SerialNo.122,012. (No model.)

To all whom it rrtcty concern} Be it known that I,WILLIAM T. MCBRIDE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Frankfort, in the county ofGlintonand State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rail-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and.

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to cross-ties and rail-fastenings designed tocooperate therewith; and it consists, essentially, of-cert-ain novelfeatures of construction and combination of parts, the preferred form orphysical embodiment whereof will be fully set forth in the followingspecification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The prime object of my invention is to provide a cross-tie ofgreat'strength and rigidity and a fastening designed to cooperate withthe tie, whereby the track-rail may be reliably secured in relationshipto the tie, my securing device permitting the rail to be readilydisengaged from its seat in the tie for the purpose of replacement orrepair of any of the parts.

' Other objects and advantages will be made clearly apparent from thefollowing specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing myinvention as applied to use. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the rail,showing an end'view of my securing device and a side elevation of aportion of my improved tie,while Fig. 3 is a similar view of my securingdevice, taken from the opposite side from that presented in Fig. 2. Fig.4 is a perspective detail view of the locking means employed to hold myrail-chair in position. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of my tie, showingthe rail and securing device removed. Fig. 6 is a transverse section ofmy rail-tie, taken on a line with the seat occupied by the rail. Fig. 7is a perspective detail view of my improved rail-chair separated fromthe tie; Fig. 8 is a transverse central section of Fig. 7. In order toconveniently designate the several parts of my invention and cooperatingaccessories, numerals will be employed, of which 1 indicates my improvedtie, which is preferably rectangular in form, though pos sessing a baseof greater width than the top portion thereof, my tie being internallyreinforced by outwardly-inclined rib-sections 2 and 3, which spring fromthe central portion of the base-section and extend upward in engagementwith the upper portions of the side sections of my tie, it beingunderstood that all of said parts forming the tie are preferably madeintegral, though they may be otherwise formed.

I form in the upper portion of my improved tie thus or otherwiseconstructed the transversely-extending recesses 4, so formed as to beprovided with the shoulder 5 and the offset 6, the said shoulder beingdesigned to engage the base of the rail, while the offset 6 is designedto cooperate with a wedge-like face 7 of my rail-chair 8, it beingunderstood that the faces 9 and 10, cooperating with the offset 6, areto be so formed that they will be disposed at an oblique angle withrespect to the transverse plane of the tie.

In Fig. 7 Ihave illustrated my rail-chair in detail, wherein it will beobserved that the base or body-section 11 is provided, upon which thebase of the rail isrdesigned to rest, it being understood that one sideof said base is to be engaged by the shoulder 5, while the other sidethereof is engaged by the overhanging shoulder 12. The wedge-like face 7is designed to cooperate with the face 9, while the wedge-face 13, whichlies substantially parallel with the face 7, is designed to 006peratewith the face 10 upon the tie, said face being located below the offset6, and it is obvious that when the rail is secured in position upon thebody portion 11 and the wedgelike chair driven home within its seat saidrail will be very reliably secured in its adjusted operativeposition,'and in order that the rail-chair may 'notbecome casuallydisengaged from its operative place I provide the locking member 14:,provided with the vertically-disposed end section or head 15, which whendisposed in its operative position will rest in the countersink 16,provided in the end of the rail 7. When the securingplate let is thusdriven home, the opposite end of said plate from that occupied by thehead 15 is designed to be bent downward substantially parallel with acontiguous part of the tie, as indicated by the numeral 17 in Fig. 1. Myrail-chairs are substantially of the same construction, though the seatsformed in the tie are so constructed that the bevel-faces 9 and 10 willbe oppositely disposed with respect to each other, and it is thereforeclearly apparent that the rail-chairs must be entered in theirrespective positions from opposite sides of the tie, so that the bindingor wedgelike action of the securing devices thus provided will beoppositely disposed with respect to each other and will tend to insure amore perfect cooperation when applied to use.

It will of course be obvious that the seats for the rail-chairs may beso tapered that the wedge-like action thus set up will extend in thesame direction, as may be desirable, when the traffic upon the rails isall in one direction. hen, however, as upon single-track roads, thetraffic is in opposite directions, it will be found more desirable andimportant to dispose said wedge-like operation of the rail-chairsoppositely with respect to each other.

It will be understood that various modifications in the details ofconstruction of the various parts of my invention may be adopted withoutmaterially departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and Itherefore wish to comprehend in this application all substantialequivalents and substitutes.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein-described rail-tie comprising a hollow body portion havingoutwardly-inclined reinforcing or bracing sections springing from acommon center and connected to the upper part of the side walls, all ofsaid parts being integral, substantially as specified and for thepurpose set forth.

2. In rail-fastenings, the combination with the tie havingoppositely-tapered seats, of rail-chairs having an extended body portionproper adapted to sustain the base of the rail and provided withtapering faces adapted to fit said tapering seats, whereby when thechairs are driven home in said seats they will securely engage acontiguous part of the rail, and suitable means to lock the rail-chairsin their operative seats, substantially as specified and for the purposeset forth.

3. In rail-fastenings, the herein-described rail-chair comprising anelongated body portion provided with tapering faces upon one side and anoverhanging lip or shoulder upon the opposite side whereby when saidchair is seated in its operative position said lip will engage acontiguous part of the rail and hold said rail against movement,substantially as specified and for the purpose set forth.

l. The herein-described rail-fasteningcomprising the elongated bodyportion adapted to sustain the base of the rail and provided withwedge-like faces upon one side and an 6 overhanging shoulder upon theother side, substantially as specified and for the purpose set forth.

5. In rail-fastenings, the combination with the tie havinga pair ofoppositely-tapered seats, of a rail-chair adapted to fit said seats andprovided with an elongated body portion designed to sustain the base ofthe rail and means to lock the chair in its seat, substantially asspecified and for the purpose set forth.

6. Theherein-describedrail-fasteningcomprising a tie havingoppositely-tapered recesses or seats in its upper portion designed tobear the weight of the rail and a lockingplate adapted to fit a recessin the under side of the rail-chair whereby when the free end of saidplate is bent downward the chair will be locked against casual movement,all combined substantially as specified and for the purpose set forth.

7. The herein-described rail-tie comprising a hollow body portionreinforced by the outwardly-inclined bracing-sections springing from acommon center and engaging the outer edges of the top section of the tieall substantially as specified and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination with a rail-tie having oppositely-taperingchair-seats, of a chair adapted to fit said seats and having anelongated body portion; wedge-like faces carried by one side of saidchair and fitting corresponding faces in said seat, and an overhangingshoulder upon the opposite side of said chair adapted to engage acontiguous part of the rail, said seat in the tie having an undercutadapted to receive the opposite side of the rail whereby when therail-chair is driven home in its seat the railwill be firmly secured allcombined substantially as specified and for the purpose set forth.

9. The herein-described rail-chair comprising a body portion ofsufiicient length to reinforce the rail upon each side of the tie andprovided upon one side with wedge-like faces and upon the other sidewith an overhanging shoulder and having a groove or longitudinal re'cessupon its lower side, in combination with a locking-spring adapted to fitsaid groove, all substantially as specified and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM T. MCBRIDE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM R. HINEs, ALBERT H. CABLE.

